Incident Analyst Jobs in Scotland

Incident Analyst
UK > Scotland

The median Incident Analyst salary in Scotland is £48,507 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Incident Analyst 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.10% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,231 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,507 - -
75th Percentile £49,784 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £55,000 £73,750 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.42% +63.89% -25.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,642 6,477 4,170
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.05% 96.93% 89.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,344 2,613 2,263
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £31,414
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -7.08% +7.62%
75th Percentile £63,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Incident Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Incident Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Incident Analyst in Scotland

Incident Analyst
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Incident Analyst in Scotland.

Salary trend for Incident Analyst in Scotland

Incident Analyst
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Incident Analyst within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh - 3 £48,507 - 2
Incident Analyst
UK

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Incident Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Incident Analyst in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Observability
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) GIAC
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) CEH
3 1 (33.33%) CISM
3 1 (33.33%) Firewall
3 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Perl
3 1 (33.33%) VBA
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (33.33%) CISSP
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis

Incident Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
2 2 (66.67%) Observability
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Task Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Forensics
3 1 (33.33%) Forensic Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Incident Response
3 1 (33.33%) Malware Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Security Operations
3 1 (33.33%) SIEM
3 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) Python
1 1 (33.33%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CEH
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
1 1 (33.33%) GIAC